Want to be an Astronaut?

16 years 8 months ago #66686 by JohnMurphy

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ESA are looking for astronaut candidates:

www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMPQG3XQEF_index_0.html

also

www.space.com/missionlaunches/080416-esa-astronauts.html

I hope the Irish are applying.

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John Murphy
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16 years 8 months ago #66687 by Petermark

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Surely they should be called â€œEuronautsâ€

Russian: Cosmonaut

American: Astronaut.

European: Euronaut

Or in Irelandâ€™a case: â€œEironautsâ€.

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16 years 8 months ago #66689 by JohnMurphy

Replied by JohnMurphy on topic Re: Want to be an Astronaut?

Surely they should be called â€œEuronautsâ€

Russian: Cosmonaut

American: Astronaut.

European: Euronaut

Or in Irelandâ€™a case: â€œEironautsâ€.

But that would mean they would be sailing Europe.
The word "naut" means Sailor.
The term spationaut is sometimes used by the French.

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16 years 8 months ago #66690 by Petermark

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Ok.

The Irish word is "Speir".

So an Irish space traveller is a "Speironaut".

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16 years 8 months ago #66691 by Petermark

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As well as that:

The Irish word for sailor is â€œmairnealachtâ€.

So an Irish space traveller is a â€œSpeirmairnealachtâ€

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16 years 8 months ago #66693 by JohnMurphy

Replied by JohnMurphy on topic Re: Want to be an Astronaut?

Yeah.... but Speir means sky. You should really use RÃ©alt for star or SpÃ¡s for space. Hence

RÃ©altmairnealacht or spÃ¡smairnealacht.

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